Below is BA’s current schedule for November… or is it? In fact, although they may have actually filed this as their plan, they are already tactically cancelling empty flights such as Barbados where there is a flight scheduled from both Gatwick and Heathrow. Sadly, they are cancelling the Heathrow flights that aren’t full, meaning a lovely flight from Gatwick North with the delights of the Club Aspire lounge to look forward to!
However, they are resuming more destinations in the US such as Orlando and Phoenix which are allowed since the requirement to enter the US through set “gateway” airports has been removed. Cancun will also resume for the winter.
You can see from the schedule that BA will not resume flying the A380 as they had originally planned for November.
Mauritius
Here is the schedule:
London Gatwick – Antigua – Providenciales 2 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – Antigua – St. Kitts 2 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – Antigua – Tobago 2 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – Bermuda 5 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – Bridgetown 1 daily 777-200ER
London Gatwick – Cancun 3 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – Kingston 3 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – Mauritius 5 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – Orlando 1 daily 777-200ER (3 weekly from 16NOV20)
London Gatwick – Punta Cana 3 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – St. Lucia – Grenada 2 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – St. Lucia – Port of Spain 2 weekly 777-200ER
London Gatwick – San Jose (Costa Rica) 2 weekly 777-200ER
Costa Rica wildlife
London Heathrow – Abuja 1 daily 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Accra 1 daily 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Atlanta 1 daily 787-8
London Heathrow – Bahrain 5 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Bangalore 5 weekly A350-1000XWB
London Heathrow – Bangkok 4 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Boston 2 daily 787-9/A350-1000XWB
London Heathrow – Bridgetown 1 daily 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Buenos Aires Ezeiza 4 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Cairo 1 daily 787-8/-9 (Planned A321neo service delayed to 01DEC20. Flight number change to BA400/401 remains in effect)
London Heathrow – Cape Town 1 daily 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Chennai 5 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Chicago O’Hare 2 daily 787-9
London Heathrow – Dallas/Ft. Worth 1 daily 787-9/-10
London Heathrow – Delhi 1 daily 787-9
London Heathrow – Denver 3 weekly 787-9
London Heathrow – Dubai 2 daily 787-9/A350-1000XWB
London Heathrow – Hong Kong 1 daily 777-300ER (Including 4 weekly with new 4-class cabin)
London Heathrow – Houston 3 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Hyderabad 5 weekly 787-8 (selected dates 787-9)
London Heathrow – Islamabad 1 daily 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Johannesburg 1 daily 777-300ER
London Heathrow – Kuala Lumpur 4 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Kuwait City 3 weekly 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Lagos 1 daily 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Lahore 4 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Las Vegas 3 weekly 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Los Angeles 11 weekly 787-9/777-300ER (including new 4-class 777 cabin on certain flights)
London Heathrow – Mahe Island 2 weekly 787-9
London Heathrow – Male 3 weekly 777-300ER (new 4-class cabin)
London Heathrow – Mexico City 4 weekly 787-9
London Heathrow – Miami 1 daily 787-9
London Heathrow – Montreal 4 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Mumbai 2 daily 777-300ER/787-8/787-9
London Heathrow – Muscat 3 weekly 787-9
London Heathrow – Nairobi 5 weekly 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Nassau – Grand Cayman 4 weekly 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Newark 1 daily 777-200ER
London Heathrow – New York JFK 6 daily 777-200ER
London Heathrow – Philadelphia 3 weekly A350-1000XWB
London Heathrow – Phoenix 3 times weekly
London Heathrow – Riyadh 3 weekly 777-200ER
London Heathrow – San Francisco 1 daily 777-300ER
London Heathrow – Santiago de Chile 3 weekly 787-9
London Heathrow – Sao Paulo Guarulhos 1 daily 787-8
London Heathrow – Seattle 1 daily 787-10
London Heathrow – Seoul Incheon 3 weekly 787-8
London Heathrow – Singapore 4 weekly 777-300ER
London Heathrow – Tel Aviv 9 weekly 787-9/A350-1000XWB
London Heathrow – Tokyo Haneda 5 weekly 787-9
London Heathrow – Toronto 11 weekly 787-9/-10
London Heathrow – Washington Dulles 1 daily A350-1000XWB
I would expect the short-haul schedule to follow shortly behind, probably minus quite a few flights to Italy they had originally planned.
I’m just waiting for many more cancellations to these schedules. I am due to fly to BKK on the 4/11/20 and BA have changed the return flight from BKK to LHR from 24/11/ to 23/11 But no word on the outbound leg. I have spoken to the Le meridian hotel in Bangkok and they have left our booking open until next year.
With Thailand’s borders still closed to foreign tourists for the foreseeable future I’m just waiting for the inevitable email from BA with the grim news of another cancelled flight.
I am due to fly the BKK on the 4/11/20 and had an email from BA changing the return date from BKK to LHR from 24/11 to 23/11. I have spoken to BA chasing up another refund and the customer services representative said that it will not go ahead as scheduled but is not allowed to confirm to me. I am just waiting for the inevitable email to say the booking is cancelled as Thailand’s borders are still closed to foreign tourists for the foreseeable future.
We have just got back from dominion republic and are in quarantine for two weeks.Flight cancellations (with Swiss) and alterations even two days before we were due to fly back Meant that instead of a 19 hour flight from Punta Cana via Zurich France the LHR we opted to fly united via Newark to LHR extra costs (Had to apply for an ESTA).It’s only the brave that venture out now.
You could just cancel BKK now and get a full refund due to the date change. Yes you need to be someone who can cope with multiple changes and keep up to date with a rapidly changing situation at the moment.
Thank you Michele that has been a great help and one less worry now to deal with the internal flights we have booked ?
I’m due to fly to Singapore in December, I’m guessing it won’t happen, are these flights being cancelled or still going with cargo -!: a handful of people who are allowed in?
Thanks Michele for a comprehensive update. There’s stacks of availability to BGI at the moment and as we know, under normal circumstances in J or F, they are like hens teeth.
I look forward to your report on Barbados- I managed to get 2 seats in J way back in December but cancelled them for next month only yesterday- as Gordon above says- only the brave will venture out at the moment and I’m not that brave as my better half is immunosuppressed.
I’m now hanging on to decide what to do about CPT in January. We’ve never been to SA so I was really looking forward to it. We usually get away for a couple of months in the Winter but I fear those rare seats will need to be cancelled too.
Enjoy Barbados- it’ll be interesting to see what the BA catering is like and the refurbished LGW 777’s.
DOC
I am also immune suppressed which is why I chose Barbados. Everyone tested 3 days before. Quarantine on arrival until second negative test. Huge amount of testing There and very few cases apart from those detected from elsewhere. That’s as safe as it gets for me which is why I risked it. However, now sitting next to someone in Club who is “exempt” from a mask and coughing and sneezing I’m hoping to god those tests work!
Michele, hope you have a great time in Barbados, but I can’t see BA’s revised schedule looking anything like their plan. Whilst the entry gateway restrictions may have been lifted as far as i know FCO advice is still against travelling the the US and, again, as far as I know no visitors can enter the US from the UK and Europe?
Therefore, unless they are planning to lift those restrictions, which i doubt, then a load of last minute cancellations will occur.
I remember you saying you’re immunosuppressed Michele so you’re a brave girl. I can ski down black runs and church myself out of an aircraft in pursuit of an adrenaline fix but this virus is frightening for me.
We’re all seeing travel as we know and love it destroyed so I’ll try my best to male the CPT run in January. I should stop watching the news.
Bon voyage!
Doc
In my situation I have been living with the fear that something could kill me all the time. A dodgy sandwich which has listeria, flu as vaccine is only 60% effective and hundreds of other things. I could sit at home from the rest of my life on my own or I can take the best precautions and live my life. After all I am statistically more likely to die in a car crash this year than contract Covid and die from it in most situations.
Me and my partner were due to fly to Dom Rep on 28th of November from Gatwick. BA have cancelled our flight and have not offer any compensation or an other flight. This holiday was to be our honeymoon break. When I asked BA for just an up grade for the stress of us losing our honeymoon break just got told no and because they cancelled flight giving over 14 days notice no compensation or even a upgrade. We have lost our honeymoon break and dream holiday. I’m a BA frequent flyer and this is the service given. Maybe I’ve taken my last BA trip cos I think customer service is just not good enough.
I’m sorry to hear that Simon but I don’t think any other airline would do differently at the moment. The Dominican Republic is not on the travel corridor list which means most people will have cancelled their bookings due to having to quarantine in return. BA leave it until close to the time in case the government were to put it on the corridor list. Otherwise they have to cancel because the flight is empty and they simply can’t operate flights that don’t break even. Otherwise they face being bankrupt even quicker. Unfortunately thousands of people are in the same position. However if and when you do fly it’s worth asking about being upgraded at check in or onboard as they may do something then. Have you managed to switch to another destination?